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1CHRONICLES 2: Yesterday we traced from Adam to Noah, and the genealogy to Abraham. Then we heard of Abraham's two other families, those descending from Keturah and the sons and rulers descended from Esau. So now we take up Jacob's descendants, but in this book he is frequently called by his other name, Israel. (GNT has used 'Jacob' instead in this chapter, as it is more understandable for modern…
1 CHRONICLES 1: Jewish and Christian traditions hold that Jeremiah was the author of 1&2 Kings, which were originally one book. And that Ezra, the priest, wrote 1&2 Chronicles, which are also one book in the Hebrew. It may be that Ezra wrote these books after his return to Jerusalem. The Greek Septuagint names this book Paraleipomena, which means 'things left over'. This book does supplement…
LAMENTATIONS 4-5: In yesterday's reading, the sun pierced the dark clouds with this glorious section: Lam. 3:22 NLT The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. 23 Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. 24 I say to myself, "The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" 25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search…
LAMENTATIONS 3: A warning for the modern times is here in chapter 2: Lam. 2:14 NLT Your prophets have said so many foolish things, false to the core. They did not save you from exile by pointing out your sins. Instead, they painted false pictures, filling you with false hope. The last so poignant line from yesterday's reading was, 22 … "The enemy has killed all the children whom I carried and…
LAMENTATIONS 1-2: In the early chapters of his book, Jeremiah spoke several times of his tears. Lamentations will help us to understand how this 'weeping prophet' felt, and how God mourned also. This book has been a comfort to many who mourn. Light breaks through in the middle— in chapter 3, with words that are used in one of our greatest hymns. The book ends with poignant questions to God.…
JEREMIAH 52: We come to the addendum to Jeremiah— seemingly written by someone else, perhaps Baruch. I commented yesterday how chapter 51 foreshadows Revelation 18. Jeremiah was prophesying the downfall of the real city of Babylon.What he foretold happened around 70 years later. His prophecy includes details about the enemies being from Media, about the drunkenness of the Babylon's leaders, and…
JEREMIAH 51: Today the Lord continues the long prophecy against Babylon. This chapter foreshadows what will happen to the figurative Babylon in Revelation 18. PROVERBS 11a: An important thing I didn't mention before is that these proverbs represent principles, not promises. This particularly needs to be remembered for verses that talk about prosperity. There will be times, such as what Jeremiah…
JEREMIAH 50: Finally after hearing messages prophesying against so many nations, always telling or implying that the Babylonians would be God's instrument to punish them, now this long chapter tells how Babylon will finally be judged as well, and God will return to take pity on Israel. PROVERBS 10b: Here is an example of Hebrew parallelism from today's 2nd half of Proverbs 10: Pro. 10:23 NLT Doing…
JEREMIAH 49: Having heard bad news about Egypt, Philistia, and Moab, we now hear the bad news for the nations of Ammon and Edom, the city of Damascus, and the nations of Kedar, Hazor, and Elam. PROVERBS 10a: From here on in Proverbs we'll go a bit slower, by half chapters, because each verse is a separate gem of wisdom. Almost all of these verses are examples of Hebrew parallelism. This means that…
JEREMIAH 48: In yesterday's reading, the Lord began giving oracles about different nations, with one chapter concerning Egypt and the next one about Philistia. Today we'll hear about Moab. PROVERBS 9: Today's chapter is the last of the thematic chapters at the beginning of this book. Lady Wisdom speaks, and we find that she is opposed by Lady [Folly/Stupidity]. 1JOHN 2: John continues to address…
